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R. H. PRISBEE. COVER POR BASKETS.

110.336,516. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

` ROBERT H. FRISBEE, OF UNION CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ERNEST LESLIE FRISBEEVOF SAME PLACE.

COVER FOR BASKETS.

SPECIFICATION form-ing part of Letters Patent No. 336,516, dated February 16, 1886.

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To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. FEisBEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Union City, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Fruit and Vegetable Baskets and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled IO in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fruitbasket provided with my improved cover. Fig. 2 is a perspective inverted view of the cover removed from the basket. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of the basket with its cover. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a modified construction of the cover. Fig. 5 isan inverted plan of the cover shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a detailed view of my improved fastener.

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This invention has relation to covers for baskets adapted for the shipment of fruits, vegetables, and articles of a similar perishable nature, and has for its object to produce a cover for that class of crates or baskets which shall be su'iciently rigid to enable it to safely support one or more crates or baskets when these are piled or stacked upon one another, and also allow the top of the cover to rise a sufcient distance above the rim of the basket to prevent it from bruising the fruit or vegetables contained in the basket.

It further has for itsl object to so construct the cover that the same may be readily fast- O ened upon the basket in such a manner that it cannot be accidentally displaced while the baskets are in transit from one place to another.

With these ends in view my improvement consists in the detailed construction of the cover which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the basket, which may be of any desired con- 5o struction, shape, and material. The cover consists of a series of slats, B, which are nailed parallel to one another to the under side of the parallel cross-pieces C C, which are in turn supported at opposite ends upon the side pieces, D D, which are of such a length that their ends will rest upon the rim of the basket. These slats B B are made longer than the side pieces D D and are secured at some little distance from their ends to the crosspieces C C. By this arrangement the side 6o pieces D D can be placed so near the sides of the basket as not to injure the fruit, and the cross-pieces C C be secured to their ends, and the ends of the slats B B will project far enough from the cross-pieces as to cover the top ofthe basket at the sides.

In order to prevent the side pieces from slipping off of the basket, I insert nails or screws, (shown at E) into the under side of said side pieces in such a manner that these willproject 7o down into thebasket and bear against the rim on the inside.

If desired, the end pieces DD may be curved to conform to the shape of the top of the basket, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. 75

By this modification the basketcover is made without corners and presents a neater iinish, the side pieces being made in that case of sufficient width to overlap the rim of the basket on the inside, so that the nails or blocks 8o E will bear against the inside rim of the basket and hold the cover in place. The cover is fastened upon the basket on each side by means of a piece of copper or other ductile wire,(shown at F,) cutto a suitable length, and one end of which is permanently fastened to the cover by a nail or tack, G. The free end ofthe wire is inserted through the opening between the slats of the basket and doubled around the rim, after which it is wound a 9o couple of times around another nail, G', the outerl end of which project-s from the side of the cover, leaving the end projecting, so that it may be readily unwound when it is desired to remove the cover. By this construction of the cover the top of the same, consisting of the slats B B, is elevated a sufficient distance above the rim of the basket not to come in forcible contact with the contents of the same, thus avoiding undue pressroo ure, which is apt to bruise and damage the fruits or vegetables placed in the basket.

The side pieces D D, as well as the erosspieces C C, are sufficiently rigid to prevent the cover from sagging, even if a large number of baskets vto the same by means of wire, and I do not claim such construction, broadly; but

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with two side pieces, cach of which is provided with a downwardly-projecting pin near its end,upon its under side, and two nails upon its outer side near its middle, one of said nails having a wire iirmly secured thereto and driven in its full length, and the other one being only driven in part of its length, the ends of said side pieces resting upon the rim of the basket, two crosspieces secured on the tops of said side pieces, and a series of slats secured to said crosspieces, said slats being longer than the side pieces and having their ends projecting from the cross-pieces, as shown and described.

In testimony thatV I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afxed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.-

ROBT. H. FRISBEE.

Vitnesses:

GURTIs S. CLARK, HENRY LooKER. 

